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School league tables in shake-up

Almost one in 10 secondary schools are under-performing, according to new government figures.
Statistics show that nearly 300 secondaries in England are falling below a new government target that measures pupils' progress and achievement over eight GCSE subjects.
For the first time this year, schools have not been judged on the proportion of pupils scoring at least five C grades at GCSE. Instead, there is a new headline measure called "progress 8".
Parents Ar'nie Krogh and Lynne Burnham, Alison Critchley, chief executive of RSA Academies, and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves discussed the issues with Joanna.

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